New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Centerbrook Architects and Planners have completed rejuvenating a 38,800-square-foot campus center with state-of-the-art amenities, a new pub, a large lounge, a fitness center, a game room, a spirit shop, and several spaces for studying and campus events.
The Hubert Campus Center is Albertus Magnus College located in New Haven’s Prospect Hill, Albertus Magnus sought to create a social core for its community of 1,400 students that would house and strengthen its student life status among competing schools.
The project has been awarded an Honorable Mention at the 2023 American Architecture Awards from The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
A central corridor is a highway for activity with sight lines in and out of adjoining spaces.
The heart of the hub is a student lounge, where a recessed fireplace is front and center and accompanied by detailed cove lighting and bold silver columns.
Different seating arrangements, including quiet nooks and cutouts into spaces beyond, make for endless opportunities for both socializing and individual study.
Tab’s, the new student pub, spills onto a multi-purpose space used for small and large gatherings, including lectures and film screenings.
A new 3,500-square-foot rooftop terrace enjoys views of the adjacent baseball field and a trellis ornamented by the school’s emblem, a reference to its foundation as a Dominican college.
A bridge connects the rooftop terrace to student housing, increasing accessibility and advancing the center’s mission to support commuters and residential students alike.
Project: Hubert Campus Center Albertus Magnus College
Architects: Centerbrook Architects and Planners LLP.
General Contractor: FIP Construction, Inc.
Client: Albertus Magnus College
Photographers: Francis Dzikowski/OTTO